Famous Quotes & Sayings

Chen Guangcheng

I'm just doing what my conscience asks me to do.

Bing Gordon

The first time I had a secretary, I was sheepish about being demanding or even asking questions.

Bill Maher

[The Republicans] are always asking the Muslims to denounce their extremists. And I agree with them. But they don't take that note and do it among their own. They don't denounce their own extremists.

Monica Raymund

Little white lies are part of everyday life. If you're in court being charged with a felony, you're probably going to be tempted to lie. Or if your girlfriend asks you if the sweater she is wearing makes her look fat; you're going to lie because you love that person. There are different reasons and justifications to lie; it's human nature.

Michael Ian Black

My first real break was when my college sketch troupe, The State, was asked to contribute pieces for a new MTV show called 'You Wrote It, You Watch It.'

Michael Ian Black

Whenever anyone asks me if I'm from a TV show, I say yes - no matter whether I've ever been on it. It just makes the conversation that much easier.

Michael Ian Black

People recognize me, but they don't know where from. Today I was in the elevator and somebody asked me if I worked for his company.

Michael Ian Black

Best strategy for a first date is to ask her questions. Just keeping asking her questions about herself. Her life, her job, her friends, her taste in movies and music and everything. People mostly just want to talk about themselves, so let her do that.

Michael Morpurgo

The most important thing is to live an interesting life. Keep your eyes, ears and heart open. Talk to people and visit interesting places, and don't forget to ask questions. To be a writer you need to drink in the world around you so it's always there in your head.

Michael Leunig

In some ways, calm bodily protest has a nakedness to it that may be deeply embarrassing for observers; an act not unlike the bare-faced Oliver Twist effrontery that stands vulnerably before authority, asking for more or better.

Norm MacDonald

I didn't really want to inject myself into anything political. A lot of people were asking me at the time about Jay and Conan, and I hate doing anything serious.

Nate Ruess

Well, the crazy thing for me is I think out of anything that's happened in the last year, all the success, people always ask what do you guys do with the money? I don't think they realize we're not really making any money.

Nathan Sawaya

So many people have asked me about getting their own LEGO Oscar that I submitted it to LEGO Ideas so that everyone has the ability to get one.

We'd like to ask for more, but we're being realistic.

We believe that candidate is a glaring example of what is wrong with the system. We think the process is a good process, we're just asking for a tweak here and there.

Watch out for managements that ask investors to take a lot on faith without providing a lot of detail.

Jeff Brown

We've asked Yahoo to use their filtering to prevent piracy, not for profit. We tried to discuss it with Yahoo.

We've asked this question ourselves time and time again.

We've asked the OPEC nations to keep an open mind about increased oil production, and we continue to believe an increase is good for both producing and consuming nations.

We've asked them to slow down and think this thing through a little bit better.

We've asked them to give us the details on the spill, what happened, how it happened, what caused it, what they've done to contain and control it.

We've asked them repeatedly to produce a lease. A lease shows that there will be a continuity of care, that they'll be there, and not just on a month-to-month basis.

William Daley

We've asked the lawyers to work overnight to draft some documents, and we'll be back in the morning.

We've asked the jury so much, and they've given so much more, ... We're very excited about the jury's selection.

We've asked the governor to suspend the gas for one month to give a break to the citizens of Florida.

We've asked the government of Libya to identify the source of the interference and resolve the problem. And we'll be continuing to investigate it.

We've asked the facilities division to give us some information, what they think is reasonable that we could expect this to cost.

We've asked the congregation a lot of different things during this period, getting opinions, because we want the whole body to be working toward the same goals. And we believe that the church should get outside its walls and reach out into the community and meet needs of people that live around the church and in the same town, as well as other places beyond our boundaries.

We've asked the city to continue its consideration of the project until April. We want time to look at our options with regard to Holiday House specifically and our overall employee housing needs in general. At this point, we want to go back and revisit our full employee housing goals.

We've asked the city to comply with the state law and provide MRI with this 180-day procedure and because they have not, we have filed this suit on behalf of MRI.

Joyce Compton

We've asked McKenna to play a lot of positions this year, and she has really done well offensively, too.

We've asked Matt to do some new things to help us get a couple more athletic bodies into the lineup,and he's more than held his own in left field. Most catchers don't run very well and couldn't make the switch to the outfield, but Matt dominates with his quickness when he's playing hockey, and I think that's helped him make the transition.

Geoff Smith

We've asked Kenny to return for an encore performance. He did a really nice job in a car that was not set up for him and he didn't have any practice in the car.